Snake is very clever and lively. It has
the ability to part the grass, and the ability to wind and coil. Whether
curved or straight, it is smooth and free. The head and tail both
issue force. In the body we have the yang aspect of the kidneys. In fighting,
the waist is lively and strong, which passes through the joints. Thus,
to strike the head, the tail issues; to strike the tail, the head issues;
to strike the body, both the head and tail issue. The liveliness of the
Snake is exquisitly wrought. It is able to bend and able to be straight.
The snake's characteristics are to spit out the tongue, wind the body,
part the grass, and enter caves.

BODY METHOD

The Dragon and Snake are similar. With
the Dragon Form is authority and power. The Snake Form wiggles like
a snake. Usually mountains have snakes. Strike the head and
the tail hits you, strike the tail and the head hits you. In the
Shaolin 5 fists, they use the Snake Form to train qi. Arrange the
first two fingers like a snake spitting out its tongue.

Both hands are the snake's heads. The fingers
are like the tongue. The hand and arm are the snake’s body; they coil,
wind and wiggle like a snake.

In Xingyi's 5 Elements Fists, there is drilling
up. In the Snake Form, there is drilling down. In Bagua's Piercing Palm,
the hand pierces from the inside and goes to the outside. In Xingyi's Snake
Form, the hand goes from above to pierce and drill downwards.

INTERNAL ALCHEMY

In the body we have the idea of yin and yang turning together.
Because the snake is quick and lively, thus in fighting there is the Snake
Form. If the Snake Form is done correctly, then you can raise true
jing to fill the breast, and the spirit will wrap and fill the head.
100 diseases will be prevented. If the form is not done correctly,
then the body won't be lively and quick, the heart key is not open
and the qi is bound and stagnant.